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{{Short description|English-language pay television channel}} |
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:''For the BBC radio network, see [[BBC World Service]].'' |
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{{about|the English-language audio-visual international news and current affairs operations of the BBC|the BBC's corporate division administering it, as well as the audio-only branding of the same|BBC World Service}} |
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{{about|the BBC's TV news channel available internationally|the BBC's TV news channel available only in the UK|BBC News (TV channel)}} |
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{{Use British English|date=September 2019}} |
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{{Infobox TV channel| |
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} |
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name = BBC World| |
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{{Infobox television channel |
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logofile = BBCWorldLogo2007.gif| |
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| name = BBC News |
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logosize = 250px | |
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| logo = BBC News 2022 (Alt).svg |
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launch = [[1991]], as [[BBC World Service Television]], rebranded BBC World in 1995| |
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| logo_size = 150px |
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share = Available in 281 million homes, in 1.3 million hotel rooms, on 48 cruise ships, 37 airlines and 29 mobile phone platforms. 76 million viewers per week| |
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| logo_caption = Logo used since 2023 |
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slogan = "Putting News First"| |
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| launch_date = {{start date and age|1995|1|16|df=y}} |
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share as of = May 2007| |
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| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] [[576i]]/[[480i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feeds; Latin American sub-feed downscaled to [[Letterboxing (filming)|letterboxed]] [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|4:3]] [[480i]]) |
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share source = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/05_may/21/global.shtml]| |
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| network = [[BBC News]] |
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| owner = [[BBC Studios]] |
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([[BBC News|BBC Global News Ltd]]) |
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web = [http://www.bbcworld.com/ www.bbcworld.com]| |
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country = |
| country = United Kingdom |
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| language = English |
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network_type = [[Satellite television|Satellite]] & [[Cable television|Cable]] <br>[[television network]] | |
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| area = Worldwide (except the UK) |
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past_names = [[BBC World Service Television]] ([[1991]]-[[1995]])| |
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| headquarters = [[Broadcasting House]] |
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sat serv 1=[[Hot Bird|Hot Bird 7A]]| |
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| replaced_by = |
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sat chan 1=11334 H / 27500 / 2/3 & 11432 V / 27500 / 2/3| |
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| former_names = BBC World (1995–2008) <br> BBC World News (2008–2023) |
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sat serv 2=[[SES Astra|Astra 1KR]]| |
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| sister_channels = [[List of BBC television channels and radio stations|See list]] |
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sat chan 2=11597 V / 22000 / 5/6| |
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| timeshift_service = |
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sat serv 3=[[Thor (satellite)|Thor 2]]| |
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| website = {{URL|https://www.bbc.com/news/world_radio_and_tv}} |
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sat chan 3=11325 H / 24500 / 7/8| |
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| terr_serv_1 = [[Boxer TV Access]] (Sweden) |
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sat serv 4=[[Cyfra+]]| |
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| terr_chan_1 = Channel 27 |
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| terr_serv_2 = [[RiksTV]] (Norway) |
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sat serv 5=[[Cyfrowy Polsat]]| |
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| terr_chan_2 = Channel 55 |
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| terr_serv_3 = [[Digital terrestrial television]] (Andorra) |
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| terr_chan_3 = Channel 20 |
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| terr_serv_4 = [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] (Greece) |
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sat serv 7=[[Hot Bird|Hot Bird 6]]| |
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| terr_chan_4 = Channel 48<br />Channel 56 (HD) |
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sat chan 7=12597 V / 27500 / 3/4| |
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| terr_serv_5 = [[GOtv]] (Sub-Saharan Africa) |
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sat serv 8=[[Starchoice]]| |
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| terr_chan_5 = Channel 41 |
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| terr_serv_6 = Digital terrestrial television (Mauritius) |
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sat serv 9=[[Astro (satellite TV)|Astro Malaysia]]| |
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| terr_chan_6 = Channel 2 |
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| terr_serv_7 = Nexmedia (Indonesia) |
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sat serv 10=[[Tata Sky]]| |
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| terr_chan_7 = Channel 703 |
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| terr_serv_8 = [[Foxtel]] (Australia)<br>[[Fetch TV]] (Australia) |
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sat serv 11=[[DialogTV]] ([[Sri Lanka]])| |
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| terr_chan_8 = Channel 606<br>Channel 174 |
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| terr_serv_9 = [[DStv]] (Sub-Saharan Africa) |
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sat serv 12=[[True Visions]] ([[Thailand]])| |
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| terr_chan_9 = Channel 400 |
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| terr_serv_10 = Zuku TV (Kenya) |
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sat serv 13=[[Astro Nusantara]] | |
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| terr_chan_10 = Channel 510 |
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| terr_serv_11 = |
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sat serv 14=[[Sky Network Television]] ([[New Zealand]])| |
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| terr_chan_11 = |
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sat chan 14=Channel 93| |
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| Terrestrial service 11 = |
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sat serv 15=[[SelecTV]] ([[Australia]])| |
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| Terrestrial channel 11 = |
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sat chan 15=Channel 5| |
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sat serv 16=[[TVB Pay Vision]] ([[Hong Kong]])| |
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sat chan 16=Channel 62| |
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cable serv 1=[[UPC Ireland]]| |
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cable chan 1=Channel 206| |
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cable serv 2=[[StarHub]] digital ([[Singapore]])| |
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cable chan 2=Channel 13| |
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cable serv 3=[[Rogers Cable]] Canada| |
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cable chan 3=Channel 194 Digital (Analogue varies by region)| |
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cable serv 4=[[Shaw Communications|Shaw TV]] Canada| |
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cable chan 4=Channels Vary| |
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cable serv 5=[[Cablevision]] ([[New York City|NYC]] area only)| |
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cable chan 5=Channel 104| |
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cable serv 6=[[now TV]] ([[Hong Kong]])| |
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cable chan 6=Channel 320| |
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cable serv 7=[[Cable TV Hong Kong|Cable TV]] ([[Hong Kong]])| |
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cable chan 7=Channel 75| |
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cable serv 8=[[Foxtel|Foxtel Digital]]| |
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cable chan 8=Channel 103| |
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cable serv 9=[[SkyCable]] Philippines| |
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cable chan 9=Channel 29| |
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cable serv 10=[[TelstraClear InHomeTV]] ([[New Zealand]])| |
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cable chan 10=Channel 93| |
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'''BBC News''' (known as '''BBC World News''' until 2023) is an [[International broadcasting|international]] English-language [[pay television]] channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of [[BBC Studios]] – and operated by the [[BBC News]] division of the [[BBC]]. The network carries news bulletins, documentaries, and other factual programmes; it broadcasts from studios in [[London]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Singapore]]. As of April 2023, the channel largely operates as an international feed of the [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News channel]] in the UK, sharing the majority of its schedule. |
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'''BBC World''' is the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC's]] most watched channel. Launched in 1991 as BBC World Service Television it is a 24-hour international news and information television channel. Programming includes [[BBC News]] bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. Its main global competitor is [[CNN International]], though it also competes with other major news broadcasting companies. |
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Launched on 11 March 1991 as [[BBC World Service Television]] outside Europe, its name was changed to '''BBC World''' on 16 January 1995 and to '''BBC World News''' on 21 April 2008 and again to '''BBC News (International)''' on 3 April 2023 after its consolidation with the domestic BBC News Channel. According to the BBC, the combined seven channels of the Global News operations have the largest audience [[market share]] among all [[List of international broadcasters#Television|its rivals]], with an estimated 99 million viewers weekly in 2016–2017, part of the estimated 121 million weekly audience of all its operations.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=BBC|title=BBC's global audience rises to 372m|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/global-audience-measure|date=25 May 2017|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> |
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The channel is transmitted by [[Red Bee Media]] from their network centre at the Broadcast Centre, part of the [[BBC Media Village]] in [[White City]], west [[London]]. All news output originates from the nearby [[BBC Television Centre|Television Centre]] where BBC World has a newsroom and studio separate from the rest of BBC News. This newsroom provides output from 0500-0030 British Time each weekday and from 0600-0030 each weekend. The news output from 0100-0500 is from the studio of the domestic channel [[BBC News 24]] |
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Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, it is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom television licence]].<ref>{{cite news|title=About BBC World News TV|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=12 February 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-12957296}}</ref> As such, the channel is not broadcast in the UK directly, although selected programmes and bulletins have been carried on the domestic BBC News channel (especially during [[Late night television|overnight]] hours), and vice versa (including domestic programmes such as ''[[Click (TV programme)|Click]]'' and ''[[HARDtalk]]'', and during [[breaking news]] and special events in the UK). |
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Although the BBC World News studio produces output in [[16:9]] [[SDTV]] in line with the rest of BBC News, the channel is transmitted in [[4:3]]. The news output is converted into a [[14:9]] frame for both digital and analogue broadcasting, resulting in black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. |
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In April 2023, the BBC began to further consolidate the programming and talent of the two channels as part of a corporation-wide streamlining of operations, with both channels now using the BBC News branding. The international feed remains an advertising-supported service, but the two services are structured to use a common schedule with domestic [[Regional variation|opt-outs]] for UK-specific news coverage and programmes. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{see also|BBC World Service Television}} |
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[[Image:BBC New Media Village04.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The channel is transmitted from the BBC Media Village.]] |
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The channel originally started as BBC World Service Television and was a commercial operation. The [[Government of the United Kingdom|British government]] refused to fund the new television service using grant-in-aid. ([[BBC World Service|BBC World Service radio]] was funded by a [[grant-in-aid]] from the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] until 2014.) The channel started broadcasting on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real-time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 19:00{{Nbsp}}GMT. |
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[[Image:BBC New Media Village inside.jpg|200px|thumb|left| BBC Media Village.]] |
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The channel originally launched as [[BBC World Service Television]], though unlike [[BBC World Service|BBC World Service radio]] which has always been government funded, the British government refused to extend the [[Foreign Office]] grant-in-aid. |
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On Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]], BBC World Service Television was split into two services: |
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*BBC World started broadcasting on Monday, 16 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT and became a 24-hour English free-to-air international news channel. |
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*[[BBC Prime]] started broadcasting on Monday, 30 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT and became the BBC's light entertainment channel, later renamed ''[[BBC Entertainment]]''. |
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BBC World's on-air design was changed significantly on 3 April 2000, bringing it closer to the look of its sister channel in the UK which was then known as BBC News 24, the on-air look of which had been redesigned in 1999.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0004/S00001.htm|title=BBC World Unveils A New Look and a New Schedule – Scoop News|date=3 April 2000|access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> The look of both channels was made up of red and cream and designed by Lambie-Nairn, with music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' composed by [[David Lowe (television and radio composer)|David Lowe]], a departure from the general orchestral nature of music used by other news programmes. |
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Throughout the past eleven years, the service has gone through several branding changes. From 1995 to 1997, the channel used few graphics to display the name of the channel, with the actual news studio modelled on that used for BBC News in the United Kingdom. |
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On 8 December 2003, a second makeover, using the same 'drums and beeps' style music but new graphics took place, although on a much smaller scale than that of 2000. The music was changed slightly, while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using frosted glass and white and red colours. Later in 2004, the channel's slogan became ''Putting News First'', replacing ''Demand a Broader View''. |
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As part of the major relaunch of the image of the BBC including a new logo for the corporation in 1997, the channel received its first main refresh. Various fictional flags with some real were used. The idents were computer generated and developed by the [[Lambie-Nairn]] design agency. |
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On 21 April 2008, as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC's overall news output and visual identity, the channel was rebranded as ''BBC World News''. It later moved to the renovated studio vacated by BBC News 24 (now the BBC News Channel). New graphics were produced by the Lambie-Nairn agency and the music was reworked by David Lowe. |
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The largest relaunch for BBC News came in 1999 with all output, both in the UK and for BBC World globally having a uniform look made up of red and cream. Music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' was introduced, composed by [[David Lowe]], a departure from the general orchestral versions of other news programmes. |
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===Move to Broadcasting House=== |
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In 2003 and 2004 a second makeover, using the same 'drums and beeps' style music but new graphics took place, although on a much smaller scale to that of 1999. The music was changed slightly while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using a frosted glass, white and red design for colourings. Later in 2004 the channel's slogan became ''Putting News First'', replacing ''Demand a Broader View''. |
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The channel relocated to [[Broadcasting House]] from its previous home at [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]] on 14 January 2013. This was part of the move of BBC News and other audio and vision departments of the BBC into one building in Central London. Broadcasting House was refurbished for £1 billion. A new newsroom and several state-of-the-art studios were built.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=The news from the BBC: its £1bn new base is finally coming on air|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/07/bbc-1bn-new-base-broadcasting|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 September 2012|location=London|access-date=26 December 2012}}</ref> |
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===Consolidation with the domestic BBC News channel=== |
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==Distribution== |
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On 26 May 2022, as part of planned cuts and streamlining across the broadcaster, the BBC announced plans for consolidation of the [[BBC News (TV channel)|domestic BBC News channel]] in the UK with BBC World News. The domestic and international versions would share a larger amount of content while maintaining the ability for opt-outs when necessary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-26 |title=BBC to move CBBC and BBC Four online |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61591674 |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=2022-05-26 |title=BBC To Close CBBC & BBC Four As Linear Channels; 1,000 Jobs At Risk As Public Broadcaster Begins Its "Digital First" Push |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/bbc-close-cbbc-bbc-four-linear-channels-1000-redundancies-expected-public-broadcaster-next-few-years-1235033365/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Plan to deliver a digital first BBC|date=26 May 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/plan-to-deliver-a-digital-first-bbc/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> The BBC promoted the service as offering "new flagship programmes built around high-profile journalists, and programmes commissioned for multiple platforms".<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite web |last=Yossman |first=K.J. |date=14 July 2022 |title=BBC Looking for Washington D.C. Based Talent as It Launches Fresh Global News Network |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bbc-to-launch-new-tv-news-channel-1235316777/ |access-date=16 July 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In preparation for the expansion, the BBC began to add additional staff to its [[Washington, D.C.]] bureau.<ref name="BBCNews" /> |
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BBC World is most commonly watched as a FTA Channel. The channel is available [[free-to-air]] in [[Italy]] via [[digital terrestrial television]], and in all parts of Europe and many parts of the world FTA via satellite. (It was also available via terrestrial FTA in [[Berlin]] from c. 2000 to March 2007). Although not officially available in the UK it is available to people who point their satellite dishes at the [[Hotbird]] satellites. In most of the world, it is carried on nearly all satellite and cable platforms. |
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The first stage of these changes took effect on 3 April 2023, when the BBC World News channel changed its name to '''BBC News''', and began to consolidate its on-air lineups and programming with the UK BBC News channel. This resulted in layoffs of about 50 employees, including presenters [[David Eades]], [[Joanna Gosling]], and [[Tim Willcox]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=2023-03-28 |title=BBC News Channel To Bench Seasoned Presenters From Next Week As Output Is Relaunched |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/bbc-news-channel-presenters-benched-merger-april-3-1235311455/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-02 |title=BBC News channel announces chief presenter line-up for revamp |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64496388 |access-date=2023-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=2023-01-11 |title=BBC News Anchor Exodus: Three Presenters Quit Ahead Of Divisive Channel Merger |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/bbc-presenters-david-eades-joanna-gosling-tim-willcox-quit-1235217866/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite the changes, the international feed of BBC News – which continues to be distributed by BBC Studios<ref name="BBCNews" /> – still [[Regional variation|opts out]] of programmes that are specific to UK audiences, such as simulcasts of [[BBC One]] news bulletins and ''[[Newsnight]]''. ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' has reported that in response to concerns over the arrangement by the telecom and broadcasting regulator [[Ofcom]], BBC News was considering allowing for more UK-specific opt-outs.<ref name=":0" /> |
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It is also available globally online through the website of ''[[Dong-a Ilbo]]'', a Korean newspaper<ref>[http://etv.donga.com/newsclip/videoreport.php?clip_index=200507180000544 Online broadcast of BBC World] - Dong-a Ilbo</ref> and [[RealPlayer|RealPlayer Plus]]. In [[Bahrain]] and the United Arab Emirates it is additionally available as a subscription [[mobile phone]] service, having also been available as a terrestrial channel. |
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==Broadcasting== |
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A daily version of its news bulletins are also rebroadcast on many FTA terrestrial channels like in [[New Zealand]], where it is carried overnight on [[TVNZ|TV One]], and in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] where it is carried overnight on [[CCN TV6|TV6]]. |
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Live news output originates from studios B, C and E in [[Broadcasting House]] with some recorded programming from Broadcasting House studios A and D and the BBC [[Millbank]] studio, as well as Manchester, Singapore and Washington, D.C. The BBC News newsroom is now part of the new consolidated BBC Newsroom in Broadcasting House along with BBC World Service and UK domestic news services. |
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[[File:BBC World News red.svg|thumb|160px|Logo used from 2008 to 2019]] |
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[[File:BBC World News 2019.svg|thumb|160px|Logo used from 2019 to 2022]] |
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[[File:BBC World News 2022 (Boxed).svg|thumb|160px|Logo used from 2022 to 2023]] |
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Previously, the channel was broadcast in [[Aspect ratio (image)|4:3]], with the news output fitted into a [[14:9 aspect ratio|14:9]] frame for both [[Digital television|digital]] and [[Analog television|analogue]] broadcasting, resulting in [[Letterboxing (filming)|black bands]] at the top and bottom of the screen. On 13 January 2009 at 09:57 GMT, the then-named BBC World News switched its broadcast to [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] format, initially in Europe on the [[Astra 19.2°E|Astra 1L satellite]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdRISaJNfTM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JdRISaJNfTM| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=BBC World News goes widescreen|date=13 January 2009|access-date=22 August 2010|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and then, from 20 January 2009, on the Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 satellite which fed other broadcast feeds in the Asian region. The channel ceased broadcasting on analogue satellite on 18 April 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/2006news.html|title=2006 News|date=27 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227042257/http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/2006news.html|archive-date=27 December 2009}}</ref> |
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===High-definition=== |
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In Europe, analogue satellite broadcasting via [[Hot Bird]] 6 ceased on [[18 April]] [[2006]] at midday, although its digital free-to-air signal is replicated on Hot Bird 6, Hot Bird 7A, Thor 2 and on [[Astra 1KR]]. |
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As a result of the move to Broadcasting House, BBC News gained new studios and equipment to be able to broadcast in [[High-definition television|high-definition]]. On 5 August 2013, the international feed of BBC News was offered as a [[High-definition television|High Definition]] (HD) feed across the [[Middle East]] when it launched its international HD channel on the [[Arab Satellite Communications Organization]]. Arabsat was the BBC's first distribution partner in the Middle East to offer the channel in HD. On 1 April 2015, the then-named BBC World News Channel started broadcasting in high definition on the 11.229 GHz/V transponder on [[Astra 1KR]] at the [[Astra 19.2°E|19.2°E]] orbital position, available [[free-to-air]] to viewers with 60 cm dishes across Europe and coastal North Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldnews/2015/bbc-world-news-hd-service-europe|title=BBC World News launches HD service in Europe|date=1 April 2015|publisher=BBC Media Centre|access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref> |
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===Worldwide=== |
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It is also available 24/7 in [[Australia]] on [[Foxtel]], [[Austar]] and [[Optus TV]] as well as the [[3 (telecommunications)|3 mobile]] phone network. In New Zealand, it is also broadcast via [[satellite television|satellite]] on [[SKY Network Television]] and via [[cable television|cable]] on [[TelstraClear]]. |
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BBC News claims to be watched by a weekly audience of 74 million in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|title=About BBC World News TV|work=BBC News |date=7 April 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-12957296|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> BBC News is most commonly watched as a [[free-to-air]] (FTA) channel. The channel is available in Europe and many parts of the world via subscription television providers in cable, satellite, IPTV and streaming platforms. |
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In the United States, the channel is available through providers<ref>{{cite news|title=Where and how to watch BBC News|work=BBC News |date=17 August 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-14563857|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> such as [[Cablevision]], [[Comcast]], [[Charter Communications|Spectrum]], [[Verizon Fios]], and [[U-verse TV]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=BBC World News launches on AT&T U-verse|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldnews/world-news-at-t|publisher=BBC|date=28 February 2014|access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> As of 2023, the American distribution and advertising sales for the channel are handled by [[AMC Networks]], who own and operate [[BBC America]] under license from the BBC.<ref name="bloomberg-amcbbc">{{cite news|title=AMC Buys Half of BBC America to Bolster Pay-TV Leverage|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-23/amc-networks-pays-200-million-for-half-of-bbc-america|website=Bloomberg L.P.|location=New York|access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="deadline-amcbbc">{{cite news|title=AMC Networks Pays $200M For 49.9% Of BBC America|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/amc-networks-pays-200m-49-9-bbc-america-859244/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=23 October 2014|access-date=18 December 2016|first=David|last=Lieberman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AMC Networks Acquires Full Control of BBC America for $42 Million|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first1=Jennifer|last1=Maas|first2=K.J.|last2=Yossman|date=8 November 2024|access-date=8 November 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/amc-networks-acquires-bbc-america-42-million-1236204741/}}</ref> |
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In [[Asia]], it was originally carried on [[Star TV]], the pan-Asian [[satellite television]] service based in [[Hong Kong]], which was later acquired by [[Rupert Murdoch]], but switched to [[Panamsat]] in [[1996]]. It is also available on [[Astro (satellite TV)|Astro]] in [[Malaysia]]. In India it was [[FTA]] till [[15 June]] [[2006]] but is now a [[pay channel]]. |
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In addition, BBC News syndicates its daytime and evening news programmes to [[public broadcasting|public television]] stations throughout the US, originally maintaining a distribution partnership with [[Garden City, New York]]-based [[WLIW (TV)|WLIW]] that lasted from 1998 until October 2008, when the BBC and WLIW mutually decided not to renew the contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Long Island PBS Channel To Get Live BBC Newscasts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/30/business/international-business-long-island-pbs-channel-to-get-live-bbc-newscasts.html|first=Lawrie|last=Mifflin|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 July 1998|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BBC World News signs new US distributor|url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/bbc-world-news-signs-new-us-distributor/806066|first=Paul|last=McNally|website=CampaignUS|date=30 April 2008|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BBC Tailors Its News Broadcast|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-02-et-jensen2-story.html|first=Elizabeth|last=Jensen|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=2 October 2002|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> BBC News subsequently entered into an agreement with Community Television of Southern California, Inc., in which [[Los Angeles]] PBS member station [[KCET]] (which was a [[Non-commercial educational station|public]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] from 2011 to 2018) would take over distribution rights to ''BBC World News America'' (the KCET agreement has since been extended to encompass a half-hour simulcast of the 90-minute-long midday news bulletin ''GMT'', which airs in the US as a morning show, and a weekly edition of the BBC news-magazine ''Newsnight'').<ref>{{cite press release|title=KCET Expands Audience Reach for 'BBC World News' With Station Upgrades and Improved Time Periods; Cleared in Top 30 Markets With Six New Stations Added to Line-Up|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080924006056/en/KCET-Expands-Audience-Reach-BBC-World-News|publisher=[[BBC]]|via=[[BusinessWire]]|date=24 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162642/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080924006056/en/KCET-Expands-Audience-Reach-BBC-World-News|access-date=24 May 2017|archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=New-Look 'BBC World News' Uses Unrivaled News-gathering Resources to Bring PBS Audiences News from around the World|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20081001006313/en/New-Look-BBC-World-News-Unrivaled-Newsgathering-Resources|publisher=BBC|via=BusinessWire|date=1 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162459/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20081001006313/en/New-Look-BBC-World-News-Unrivaled-Newsgathering-Resources|access-date=24 May 2017|archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=KCET Picks Up 'BBC World News' Distribution From WLIW|url=https://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2008/04/kcet-picks-up-bbc-world-news-d/|website=TVWeek|date=28 April 2008|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> |
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BBC World has been available in [[Africa]] on [[DStv]] since late [[1995]], and its bulletins have also been rebroadcast on [[SABC]]'s terrestrial channels in [[South Africa]]. In [[1996]], it became available in [[Latin America]] and the [[Caribbean]]. |
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Since June 2019, the distribution of the programme has been handled by Washington, D.C. PBS member [[WETA-TV|WETA]], which also produces other networked news and public affairs programmes such as the ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' and ''[[Washington Week]]''.<ref name="WETAtakeover">{{cite news|url=https://current.org/2019/05/bbc-shifts-distribution-of-news-shows-to-weta%EF%BB%BF/?wallit_nosession=1|title=BBC shifts distribution of news shows to WETA|work=[[Current (newspaper)|Current]]|date=29 May 2019|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> PBS separately began distributing another programme aired by the channel, ''Beyond 100 Days'', as a tape-delayed late night broadcast on 2 January 2018, as an interim replacement for ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]]''. Unlike ''GMT'' and ''BBC World News America'', ''Beyond 100 Days'' is distributed exclusively to PBS member stations as part of the service's base schedule.<ref>{{cite press release|title=PBS and BBC Announce "Beyond 100 Days" Coming to PBS in New Late-Night Timeslot|url=https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-and-bbc-announce-beyond-100-days-coming-to-pbs-in-new-late-night-timeslot/|publisher=[[PBS]]|date=19 December 2017|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BBC's 'Beyond 100 Days' Takes Charlie Rose's Former PBS Slot|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bbc-beyond-100-days-pbs-1202645053/|first=Daniel|last=Holloway|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|location=Los Angeles|date=19 December 2017|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> |
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In [[Canada]], the channel is available on [[Bell ExpressVu]] and [[StarChoice]] satellite services, as well as on most [[digital cable]] services. [[Shaw Cable]] and [[Rogers Cable]] carry the channel as part of their analogue basic cable packages.<ref>http://www.rogers.com/channelchange</ref> Most of the US can receive both satellite signals. The signal is [[encrypted]], and will not work on a legal [[Free To Air]] receiver. It is, however, [[FTA]] on Galaxy 13 [[C-Band]] at 127 W. |
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China [[Censorship in China|banned]] BBC News in 2021, although access had already been heavily restricted before then and what was carried was censored, with parts of the show being blacked out by censors operating live. It was banned because of its coverage of the [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|persecution of Uyghur people in China]] and in retaliation for [[China Global Television Network|CGTN]] being banned from the British market for violating national broadcast regulations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tiezzi|first=Shannon|title=China Bans BBC World News Over Xinjiang Reporting|url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/china-bans-bbc-world-news-over-xinjiang-reporting/|work=The Diplomat|date=13 February 2021|location=Washington DC|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> |
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===BBC World programming in the United States=== |
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In the [[United States]], selected BBC World bulletins are rebroadcast on PBS affiliates and [[BBC America]]. |
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Since BBC World's inception in 1995, the BBC sought carriage for the channel on US cable and satellite systems. Due to Americans' perceived lack of interest in international news, it took 11 years for a US distribution deal to be signed, a deal with [[Discovery Communications]] that was announced on [[25 January]] [[2006]]. As of [[September 2006]], [[Cablevision]] in the [[New York City]] metropolitan area has agreed to retransmit the channel (commercial free) and is broadcast on channel 104 for digital subscribers. Ironically, Cablevision, however, does not carry [[BBC America]], while [[Time Warner Cable]], which serves non-Cablevision territory in the New York metro area does have BBC America on its lineup, but lacks BBC World. Additonally, digital cable subscribers belonging to [[Cox Communications]] in Northern Virginia can view the channel 24/7 on channel 254 as part of their digital sport and information tier. |
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The channel is available in the US as part of [[Sling TV|Sling]]'s World News add-on package.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC America and BBC World News now on Sling TV|url=http://blog.sling.com/announcements/bbc-america-and-bbc-world-news-now-on-sling-tv|website=Sling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702170245/http://blog.sling.com/announcements/bbc-america-and-bbc-world-news-now-on-sling-tv|access-date=7 August 2016|archive-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> |
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The international feed of BBC News was available on [[LiveStation]] from 2012 until the platform closed in 2016, along with the UK simulcast. |
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As of [[April 2007]] the channel is also carried by [[Verizon]] on most of their [[FiOS]] cable TV systems, including those serving areas of California, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia. BBC World appears on FiOS channel 92. |
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The channel was added to various [[free ad-supported streaming television]] (FAST) platforms in the United States, including [[Pluto TV]], [[Xumo]] Play, [[Samsung TV Plus]], and Sling Freestream, in March 2024. Apart from advertising, the FAST version of the channel is identical to the version already available through traditional U.S. cable and satellite providers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2024/03/13/bbc-news-fast/|title=BBC News launching FAST offering|first=Michael P.|last=Hill|work=NewscastStudio|date=March 13, 2024|access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref> |
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===BBC World programming in the United Kingdom=== |
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It is not officially available as a stand-alone, full-time channel in the [[United Kingdom]], on the grounds that it carries and is funded by [[advertising]] (BBC's domestic channels are funded by a [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|television licence fee]] which households and establishments with equipment capable of receiving television broadcast signals must pay), although it can be easily received due to its free-to-air status on many European satellites. |
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However there is a simulcast of "[[The World Today|The World Today from BBC News]]" on BBC One and BBC News 24. It carries a twenty-five minute news bulletin, followed by an edition of World Business Report. Both half hours of "The World Today" include a quick UK news (approximately at 0515 UK time) and business (approximately at 0545 UK time) update while international viewers take a commercial break. |
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The TV platforms in the UK (i.e. Freeview, Sky, BT TV, Freesat, Virgin) do not officially offer the international feed of BBC News as a standalone full-time channel because it carries, and is funded by, advertising. (The BBC's domestic channels are funded by a [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|television licence fee]] which households and establishments that want to watch television programmes as they are being broadcast must pay). However, it can be easily received due to its [[free-to-air]] status on many European satellite systems, including [[SES Astra|Astra]] and [[Hot Bird]], and is available in selected London hotels. The UK's TV platforms, however, do provide the [[BBC News (TV channel)|UK feed of BBC News channel]], which carries much of the same programming. The international feed of BBC News can also be viewed in the public areas of Broadcasting House (in the lobby and café). |
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However, some programmes are officially available to UK audiences through the channel's UK feed. Such programmes air on the BBC's domestic channels, and some are available on demand on the BBC's iPlayer. From 00:00 to 05:00 UK time, the top-of-the-hour news bulletins are broadcast on both the UK and international feeds of the channel. At 01:30 on weekdays, ''Asia Business Report'' and ''Sport Today'' also air on both channels. There is a simulcast of the 05:00 UK edition of ''The Briefing'' and ''Business Briefing'' on [[BBC One]] and the [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News channel]]. This programme was previously branded as ''The World Today'' (later a generic BBC World News bulletin) and ''World Business Report'' respectively. At 08:30 UK time, ''[[Worklife (TV programme)|Worklife]]'' airs on the BBC News Channel. BBC News also produces a version of ''[[BBC OS|Outside Source]]'' at 21:00 UK time Monday–Thursday (shown on the BBC News Channel), ''World News Today'' at 19:00 Monday–Friday (shown on BBC Four), and 21:00 Friday–Sunday (shown on the BBC News Channel). ''World News Today'' replaced ''The World'', which had been broadcast as a simulcast on BBC Four between 2002 and 2007. |
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On weekdays BBC World also produces a version of [[World News Today]] at 1900 British Time. The first half hour of this programme can be seen in the UK on [[BBC Four]]. |
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The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] saw an increase of simulcasts between BBC News and BBC World News with simulcasting running through the morning (10:00 to 11:00) that was also shared with BBC Two, and the evening (19:00 to 20:00 & 12:00 to 22:00). The additional simulcasting was made permanent in August 2020. Consequently, the two channels now simulcast every day from 10:00 to 11:00; on weekdays from 19:00 to 06:00, apart from the ''[[BBC News at Ten]]'' and for an hour at 20:00; and between 21:00 to 06:00, apart from the evening [[BBC One]] bulletin, over the weekend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/news-modernisation-update/|title=BBC News sets out update on modernisation plans|website=bbc.com}}</ref> |
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A special unique edition of BBC World News was a regular feature six days a week at 0930 on BBC News 24 but following changes to the domestic channel's schedule, this edition is now seen only on Sundays at the same time. |
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The BBC implemented a wider consolidation of the networks' lineups in April 2023.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Programming== |
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Live news programmes:<ref>{{cite web|last=BBC|title=Programmes – BBC World News|url=https://www.bbcwwpartners.com/worldnews/programming/|publisher=BBC}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Bbcwident.jpg|thumb|right|200px|World News bulletins form the main part of the channel's daily schedule.]] |
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*''BBC News'' – International news. |
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Live News Programmes: |
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*''[[BBC World News America]]'' – News from the United States and around the world, live from the BBC's Washington DC bureau. |
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*''[[BBC News]]'' For most of the day the channel produces 26 minute bulletins of international news beginning at the top of each hour. Each contain two breaks which are either filled by advertising or by continuing news depending on the region. The programmes at 2300 and 0000 UK time are presented from Washington and London and are rebroadcast via [[PBS]] stations in the [[United States|USA]]. The 2300 UK time edition is also broadcast on [[BBC America]] and [[CBC Newsworld]] in [[Canada]]. Weekday presenters of BBC World News include [[Martine Dennis]], [[David Eades]], [[Nisha Pillai]], [[Nik Gowing]], [[Jonathan Charles]], [[Mike Embley]], [[Katty Kay]], [[Lyse Doucet]] and [[Mishal Hussain]]. Each day during the overnight hours in the UK (0100-0500 local time), twenty-five minute news bulletins from the top of each hour on the channel are produced by and simulcast on BBC News 24, when they are simply identified as "BBC News" with no reference to any channel. During these overnight hours, the bulletins are usually presented from their studio (although the 'World' studio is sometimes utilised) with a static BBC World logo overlaying the 'News 24' logo and timepiece. The overnight bulletins are usually presented by Alastair Yates, Martine Croxall and Karin Giannone. |
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*''[[The Context (BBC News programme)|The Context]]'' with [[Christian Fraser]] in London reports on international news, with a focus on the UK, Europe and the US (previously called ''100 Days'', ''100 Days +'', ''Beyond 100 Days'' and ''BBC News with Katy and Christian''). |
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*''[[The World Today]]'' Transmitted at 0500 UK time, an hour of News, Business and sport, which is also transmitted on the main domestic BBC network [[BBC One]] via a simulcast with BBC News 24. The bulletin is hosted by [[Lucy Hockings]] and [[Sally Bundock]]. |
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*''[[Focus on Africa (TV programme)|Focus on Africa]]'' – BBC News's flagship African news programme, with news, business and sport from the continent. |
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*''[[World News Today]]'' Transmitted at 1200 and 1900 UK time. Launched in July 2006, to coincide with the launch of BBC World as an independent channel in the United States, the 1200 UK time (0700 ET) edition was launched to appeal to the breakfast audience in the country and is presented by [[George Alagiah]]. The 1900 edition is aimed at European audiences and launched in May 2007. It replaced the 2100 edition which was launched on [[18 September]] [[2006]]. This edition is presented by [[Zeinab Badawi]]. The first half hour is broadcast on the BBC's domestic channel [[BBC Four]]. Both programmes include an edition of ''World Business Report.'' There are additional editions of World News Today planned for 1600 GMT and for 0300 UK Time. |
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*''[[Newsday (TV programme)|Newsday]]'' – Live from Singapore, news and analysis from both an Asian and global perspective. |
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*''[[Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg]]'' – Interviews and analysis of the week's big news from the UK and around the world, including interviews with key politicians and personalities from all walks of life. |
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*''[[Verified Live]]'' – Analysing and [[fact-checking]] the truth behind the news based on available data and facts. |
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*''[[BBC News Now]]'' – fast-moving breaking news with live interviews and reactions. |
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*''[[The Daily Global|The World Today]]'' – The best of the BBC's global journalism.<ref>{{cite web |title=The World Today with Maryam Moshiri launches on the BBC News Channel |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/the-world-today-with-maryam-moshiri-launches-on-the-bbc-news-channel |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=14 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> As well as interviews with leading figures from the arts, culture and entertainment. |
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Live business and sports programmes: |
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*''[[BBC Sportsday]]'' – International sports news and results. |
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*''[[World Business Report]]'' International Business news. Live editions throughout the day between 0500 and 2300 UK Time. The 2230 edition is presented from London and New York. This edition is repeated several times between 2330 and 0500 UK time and can also be seen in the UK via BBC News 24. |
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*''[[BBC Business Today]]'' – The latest business news. |
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Pre-recorded programmes: |
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*''[[Middle East Business Report]]'' is pre recorded and broadcast at the weekend. |
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*''[[Click (TV programme)|Click]]'' – Technology programme aimed at non-technical audiences. |
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*''[[HARDtalk]]'' – In-depth interviews with personalities from all walks of life. |
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*''[[Newsnight]]'' – Weekly highlights from the daily domestic news programme. |
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*''Our World'' – Documentaries. |
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*''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' – Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects. |
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*'' Reporters'' – Weekly reports from the BBC's correspondents. |
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*''[[Talking Movies]]'' |
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*''[[The Travel Show (TV programme)|The Travel Show]]'' |
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Former programmes: |
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*''The Briefing'' – [[Sally Bundock]] with news, business, and sport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09dccgc|title=The Briefing – BBC News|website=BBC}}</ref> |
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*''[[Dateline London]]'' – Foreign correspondents based in London discussing the week's international news. |
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*''[[Global (TV programme)|Global]]'' – International news and analysis. |
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*''[[GMT (TV programme)|Live]]'' – International news, including business and sport. |
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*''[[Impact (TV programme)|Impact]]'' – Global news as it affected audiences in Asia. |
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*''[[Outside Source]]'' – Discussion and analysis of news topics. |
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*''[[Worklife (TV programme)|Worklife]]'' |
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*''[[World News Today]]'' – A daily news programme with in-depth analysis. Focus on the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Presenters included [[Nancy Kacungira]], [[Karin Giannone]], [[Kasia Madera]], Alpa Patel and [[Philippa Thomas]]. |
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*''[[Asia Business Report]]'' – Live from Singapore. |
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*''[[World Business Report]]'' |
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===BBC News bulletins=== |
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*''[[Asia Today]]'' - Asia-specific news broadcast from the main World Newsroom.. Transmitted live 3 times each day. The last edition is repeated at various times on the Asia feeds. |
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[[File:BBC News Room August 2013.JPG|thumb|right|The BBC newsroom at Broadcasting House in London.]] |
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Half-hour ''BBC News'' bulletins are made available to [[PBS]] stations in the US through Los Angeles's [[KCET]], a non-commercial independent public television station which has been separate from PBS since the beginning of 2011 due to a rights-fee dispute (it returned to being a minor PBS member station in 2019 after a merger with the major PBS member-station in the market). 80 to 90% of Americans can receive the bulletins, with PBS member stations having scheduling discretion. The programme is broadcast on several PBS stations in markets such as New York City and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington DC]]. |
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On PBS stations, ''BBC News'' is not broadcast with traditional commercials (the breaks are filled with news stories) but omits the [[Met Office]] international [[Weather forecasting|weather forecast]] at the end of the programme, replacing it with underwriting announcements. The PBS broadcasts are [[Broadcast delay|tape-delayed]] on some stations. |
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*''[[Sport Today]]'' – International Sport news. Transmitted five times each day with one repeat. |
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[[BBC America]] formerly aired a three-hour block of BBC News programmes from 05:00 to 08:00 on weekdays, until the stabilisation of the network's carriage in the United States. Met Office forecasts were removed, and it was broadcast with advertisements. |
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Pre recorded programmes include: |
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*''[[HARDtalk]]'' - individual interviews |
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*''[[Click (television programme)|Click]]'' - technology |
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*''[[Fast Track (television)|Fast Track]]'' - travel |
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*''[[Talking Movies]]'' - films (mainly from [[Hollywood]]) |
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*''[[This Week (BBC World TV series)|This Week]]'' - analysis of news from the past week |
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Many airlines around the world also play pre-recorded extracts of BBC News, have text headlines from it, or have a full bulletin available on the in-flight entertainment systems. |
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In addition, a special half hour version of the popular [[BBC Two]] programme ''[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]'' airs on weekends, and other BBC documentaries such as ''[[Holidays in the Danger Zone]]'' air from time to time. |
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===Previous bulletins=== |
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In [[India]], many programmes tailor-made for a local audience are shown , including ''[[Question Time (television)|Question Time India]]'', quiz show ''[[University Challenge|University Challenge India]]'', ''[[India Business Report]]'', ''[[IT India Tomorrow]]'', ''[[Face to Face (TV series)|Face to Face]]'' and motor show ''[[Wheels (TV)|Wheels]]''. |
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Another BBC World News programme, the hour-long ''[[BBC World News America]]'', aired on BBC America at 19:00 [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]]. A second broadcast at 22:00 ET ended in 2010 when BBC America introduced a second feed for the western time zones of the US. On 18 February 2011, it was announced that ''BBC World News America'' would no longer be broadcast on BBC America and would instead be broadcast only on BBC World and local [[PBS]] stations in the US as a 30-minute programme.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.multichannel.com/content/bbc-world-news-america-shifts-bbc-world-news|title=' BBC World News America' Shifts To BBC World News|date=18 February 2011|first=Kent|last=Gibbons|work=Multichannel News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927043935/https://www.multichannel.com/content/bbc-world-news-america-shifts-bbc-world-news|archive-date=27 September 2012|location=Washington DC|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The channel also produced short bulletins for public transport services in Singapore and Hong Kong: |
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Cancelled programmes |
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*[[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Singapore Mass Rapid Transit]] service from [[Marina Bay MRT station|Marina Bay]] to [[Changi Airport MRT station|Changi International Airport]] |
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*[[Hong Kong]] [[MTR]] service from [[Airport Express (MTR)|Chek Lap Kok International Airport]]-[[Disneyland Resort station]] to [[Disneyland Resort line]] |
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These broadcasts began with the statement: "Welcome to BBC World News on board the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Singapore Mass Rapid Transit]] and [[Hong Kong]] [[MTR]]". The short bulletin was updated twice a day and has since been replaced by a similar programme from [[Mediacorp]]'s [[CNA (TV network)|CNA]]. |
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*''The World'' was transmitted at 20:00 UK time. The programme ran from [[January 2004]] until [[May 2007]]. It was a 27 minute programme with much deeper analysis of the days news, presented by [[Zeinab Badawi]]. This programme was also broadcast in the UK on the digital channel [[BBC Four]]. It was replaced in May 2007 by a version of World News Today. |
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Travellers on the [[Heathrow Express]] rail service between [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]] and [[Heathrow Airport]] could watch a summary of the headlines from BBC World News on the LCD screens provided. |
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==Reputation and Criticisms== |
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The BBC has a reputation amongst many for independent and accurate reporting of news and current affairs<ref>[http://www.tpr.org/programs/bbc.html Reputation of the BBC] - tpr.org</ref> .{{Fact|date=March 2007}} However, being one of the newest of the BBC's media entities, BBC World is funded in part by commercial sponsors which has raised questions about its ability to report impartially.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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==News presenters== |
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Though generally considered quite accurate,{{Fact|date=March 2007}} BBC World has occasionally made mistakes, as in the incident where on the twentieth anniversary of the [[Bhopal disaster]], [[3 December]] [[2004]], BBC World was duped into broadcasting an interview with a hoaxer (later revealed to have been [[Jacques Servin|Andy Bichlbaum]], a member of [[The Yes Men]]) claiming to be a representative of [[Dow Chemical]] offering a [[US$]]12,000,000,000 settlement to the 120,000 surviving victims of the [[Bhopal disaster]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/12_december/03/world.shtml BBC Press Office release regarding the hoax] - BBC Press Office</ref> Upon discovery of the hoax, the BBC's Press Office immediately put out a statement regarding what had happened and the story was dropped from subsequent BBC World News bulletins and those on the 24 hour UK news channel [[BBC News 24]].<ref>[http://theage.com.au/news/World/Bhopal-blunder-hurts-BBC/2004/12/04/1101923385381.html Bhopal blunder hurts BBC] - The Age</ref> |
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{{About|section=yes|former presenters|a full list of current presenters|List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters#BBC World News}} |
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BBC News has been banned in several countries primarily for unbiased reporting which has been unfavourable to the ruling government. Most notable examples have been in [[Uzbekistan]],<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4407086.stm Uzbeks banish BBC after massacre reports] - Monica Whitlock, BBC News</ref> |
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*[[Samira Ahmed]] |
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[[Zimbabwe]], and, [[China]],<ref>[http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=21745 BBC banned in China] - asiamedia.ucla.edu</ref> |
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*[[Karen Bowerman]] |
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*[[Tony Campion]] |
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*Jonathan Charles |
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*Peter Coë |
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*[[Stephen Cole (broadcaster)|Stephen Cole]] |
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*[[James Dagwell]] |
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*[[Dharshini David]] |
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*[[Martine Dennis]] |
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*[[Juliet Dunlop]] |
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*[[Maya Even]] |
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*[[Adrian Finighan]] |
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*[[Rico Hizon]] |
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*[[Donald MacCormick]] |
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*[[Anita McNaught]] |
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*[[Richard Quest]] |
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*[[Daniela Ritorto]] |
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*[[Owen Thomas (journalist)|Owen Thomas]] |
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*[[Alastair Yates]] |
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[[Image:BBC World breakfiller.jpg|right|thumb|200px|BBC World Breakfiller Since 2003.]] |
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"BBC World" is, for the most part, the same channel all over the world — except for the commercials. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, a number of programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as Indian feeds, and ''The Record Europe'', which can only be viewed in [[Europe]]. In addition, the ''Asia Business Report'' from [[Singapore]] is only aired in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. The rest of the world sees the ''World Business Report'' (World Business Report is showed in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East, but are on different times depands on country.) |
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On most feeds of BBC World, commercials are inserted by the cable or satellite provider similar to other channels. When a cable or satellite provider does not insert commercials, the "Breakfiller" (see right) shows promotions for upcoming programmes on the channel. During BBC News, a news story that has not been promoted airs during what would be the commercial break. This is the case on the broadband versions of BBC World, and on versions of BBC World aired in the United States on PBS. However, there are some global commercials and sponsorships which air throughout the network. |
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[[File:BBC_News_international_countdown.png|thumb|Part of the countdown sequence used since consolidation with [[BBC News (TV channel)|domestic BBC News channel]] on 3 April 2023.]] |
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==BBC World News== |
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BBC News is, for the most part, the same channel around the world; the [[Advertising|commercials]] are intended to be the only differences. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, several programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as the Indian feeds, and ''The Record Europe'', which is only broadcast in Europe. Also, the weather forecasts focus more on the area the viewer is watching from. |
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Half-hour ''BBC World News'' bulletins are made available to [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] stations in the [[United States]] through [[WLIW]] in [[New York]]. 80 to 90% of Americans are able to receive them, though broadcast times vary between different localities, with it airing on several PBS stations in markets such as [[New York City]] and [[Washington, DC]]. |
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On most feeds of BBC News, when no commercials are being inserted by the cable or satellite provider similar to other channels, the break filler shows promotions for upcoming programmes on the channel. During BBC News, a news story that has not been promoted airs during what would be the [[television advertisement]]. This is the case on the broadband versions of BBC News, and on versions of BBC News aired in the US on [[PBS]] stations. However, there are some global commercials and sponsorships which air throughout the network. |
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On PBS stations, ''BBC World News'' does not appear with commercials (the breaks are replaced with news stories) but omits the [[Met Office]] international weather forecast at the end, replacing it with underwriting announcements. The PBS airings are tape-delayed on some stations. |
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On 11 September 2007, the break filler was redesigned and now more closely resembles previous versions.{{clarify|date=February 2015}} The promotional videos now fill the entire screen and are interspersed with news and market updates, schedules, and other information. There is also no longer a unifying music composition. Instead, each 20-second promotional video uses music selected from a handful of themes, which have some unifying musical characteristics. The information screens, such as the 10-second plug for the website or the YouTube channel, and the 15-second weather/time/coming-up screens each feature their theme. The colour theme was updated following the relaunch of the channel in April 2008. |
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''BBC World News'' bulletins are also available on [[BBC America]] in the U.S. The network airs three bulletins on weekday mornings (as part of a 3-hour block of BBC World coverage), plus one in the evening. One bulletin airs daily on the weekends (in the morning). [[Met Office]] forecasts are removed, but commercials are included. |
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Since its inception, and more so since its extensive association with the [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News channel]], the countdown to the hourly news bulletin has been a feature of the channel's presentation, accompanied by music composed by [[David Lowe (television and radio composer)|David Lowe]]. The current style of countdown features reporters and technical staff in many different locations working to bring news stories to air. The new countdown keeps the same music, but with Chameleon-style branding and a clock relocated to the middle from the bottom right corner,<ref>Newscast Studio. 2023. "BBC News streamlines output with the merger of news channels". Accessed April 18, 2023. https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/04/06/bbc-news-streamlines-output-with-merger-of-news-channels/</ref> similar in style to that of [[BBC Alba]]. The countdown can range from 45 seconds to as little as 3 seconds. |
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The bulletins also appear on [[CBC Newsworld]] in [[Canada]], and [[Access 31]] in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Australia]]. |
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A half hour summary of the BBC World News was available on [[BBC News 24]] every weekday and Sunday morning at 0930GMT/BST, but as a result of changes in the channel's schedule, this was discontinued, with the exception of updates on Sundays. British viewers can still get a flavour of BBC World, however, as the two channels simulcast the first twenty-five minutes of each hour between 0100GMT/BST and 0500GMT/BST every day. This simulcast also includes a further full hour of programming from 0500GMT/BST branded ''[[The World Today]] from BBC News'' until 0600 GMT/BST when both channels move back onto their own separate schedules. During The World Today, while BBC World goes to break, BBC One and News 24 viewers are given UK news as BBC's domestic channels do not allow commercials. |
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The then-called BBC World News was named ''Best International News Channel'' at the [[Association for International Broadcasting]] Awards in November 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world_radio_and_tv|title=Key Dates|access-date=22 August 2010|publisher=BBC World News}}</ref> It won a [[Peabody Awards|Peabody Award]] in 2007 for ''White Horse Village''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/white-horse-village|title=2007 Peabody Awards: White Horse Village (BBC America)|publisher=[[University of Georgia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127070413/https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/white-horse-village|archive-date=27 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and another in 2009 for ''Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/where-giving-life-is-a-death-sentence|title=2009 Peabody Awards: Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence (BBC America)|publisher=[[University of Georgia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912080730/https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/where-giving-life-is-a-death-sentence|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Travellers on the [[Heathrow Express]] rail service from [[London Paddington]] to [[London Heathrow Airport]] are also treated to a specially-recorded BBC World bulletin - introduced with a namecheck of "Welcome to BBC World News onboard the Heathrow Express" - during the fifteen minute journey. This short bulletin is updated twice a day, and is shown in both classes on LCD televisions throughout the train. |
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Many airlines from across the world also play pre-recorded extracts of the BBC World News, have text headlines from it or have a full bulletin available on the in-flight entertainment systems. Airlines with BBC World include [[Emirates]], [[Singapore Airlines]] and [[Cathay Pacific]]. Travellers can watch the bulletins on Channel 1 shortly after take-off on [[British Airways]] flights from the [[United Kingdom]]. |
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==The hourly countdown== |
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[[Image:BBC World countdown 2005.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The countdown since 2005 has shown the elements involved in bringing news stories to air.]] |
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Since its inception, and more so since its extensive association with [[BBC News 24]], the countdown to the hourly news bulletin has been an attractive feature of the channel. With music composed by [[David Lowe]], it has changed several times over the decade. |
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A 'ribbon-around-the-world' countdown was used starting in [[February 2003]], when a large scale rebranding was brought out on both BBC World and BBC News 24. However, the countdowns in the latter featured some stunning visuals of the world and the UK in the background as the countdown proceeded, while the former merely had the usual 'world-spinning' image. |
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A new international version of the BBC News 24 countdown was introduced on [[5 September]] [[2005]], using many clips featuring in the News 24 countdown. Content featured includes reporters and technical staff working in the field while unlike that of News 24, the countdown will end in an international location rather than a view of [[Television Centre]]. A week prior to the change, the channel's well established break-filler also switched to a new musical arrangement, without a change in its visuals. |
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The countdown received a new musical composition on [[22 January]] [[2007]] as part of a wider refresh of BBC News bulletin titles though the visuals remained the same. [http://www.davidlowemusic.com/product_files/BBC%20WORLD%20COUNTDOWN%202007.wma Listen] |
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* [[Al Jazeera English]] |
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* [[CCTV-9]] |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide (except the UK) |
| Network | BBC News |
| Headquarters | Broadcasting House |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i/480i for the SDTV feeds; Latin American sub-feed downscaled to letterboxed 4:3 480i) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Studios (BBC Global News Ltd) |
| Sister channels | See list |
| History | |
| Launched | 16 January 1995 |
| Former names | BBC World (1995–2008) BBC World News (2008–2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer TV Access (Sweden) | Channel 27 |
| RiksTV (Norway) | Channel 55 |
| Digital terrestrial television (Andorra) | Channel 20 |
| ERT (Greece) | Channel 48 Channel 56 (HD) |
| GOtv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 41 |
| Digital terrestrial television (Mauritius) | Channel 2 |
| Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 703 |
| Foxtel (Australia) Fetch TV (Australia) | Channel 606 Channel 174 |
| DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 400 |
| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 510 |
BBC News (known as BBC World News until 2023) is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of BBC Studios – and operated by the BBC News division of the BBC. The network carries news bulletins, documentaries, and other factual programmes; it broadcasts from studios in London, Washington, D.C., and Singapore. As of April 2023, the channel largely operates as an international feed of the BBC News channel in the UK, sharing the majority of its schedule.
Launched on 11 March 1991 as BBC World Service Television outside Europe, its name was changed to BBC World on 16 January 1995 and to BBC World News on 21 April 2008 and again to BBC News (International) on 3 April 2023 after its consolidation with the domestic BBC News Channel. According to the BBC, the combined seven channels of the Global News operations have the largest audience market share among all its rivals, with an estimated 99 million viewers weekly in 2016–2017, part of the estimated 121 million weekly audience of all its operations.[1]
Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, it is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the United Kingdom television licence.[2] As such, the channel is not broadcast in the UK directly, although selected programmes and bulletins have been carried on the domestic BBC News channel (especially during overnight hours), and vice versa (including domestic programmes such as Click and HARDtalk, and during breaking news and special events in the UK).
In April 2023, the BBC began to further consolidate the programming and talent of the two channels as part of a corporation-wide streamlining of operations, with both channels now using the BBC News branding. The international feed remains an advertising-supported service, but the two services are structured to use a common schedule with domestic opt-outs for UK-specific news coverage and programmes.
History
[edit]The channel originally started as BBC World Service Television and was a commercial operation. The British government refused to fund the new television service using grant-in-aid. (BBC World Service radio was funded by a grant-in-aid from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office until 2014.) The channel started broadcasting on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real-time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 19:00 GMT.
On Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT, BBC World Service Television was split into two services:
- BBC World started broadcasting on Monday, 16 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT and became a 24-hour English free-to-air international news channel.
- BBC Prime started broadcasting on Monday, 30 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT and became the BBC's light entertainment channel, later renamed BBC Entertainment.
BBC World's on-air design was changed significantly on 3 April 2000, bringing it closer to the look of its sister channel in the UK which was then known as BBC News 24, the on-air look of which had been redesigned in 1999.[3] The look of both channels was made up of red and cream and designed by Lambie-Nairn, with music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' composed by David Lowe, a departure from the general orchestral nature of music used by other news programmes.
On 8 December 2003, a second makeover, using the same 'drums and beeps' style music but new graphics took place, although on a much smaller scale than that of 2000. The music was changed slightly, while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using frosted glass and white and red colours. Later in 2004, the channel's slogan became Putting News First, replacing Demand a Broader View.
On 21 April 2008, as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC's overall news output and visual identity, the channel was rebranded as BBC World News. It later moved to the renovated studio vacated by BBC News 24 (now the BBC News Channel). New graphics were produced by the Lambie-Nairn agency and the music was reworked by David Lowe.
Move to Broadcasting House
[edit]The channel relocated to Broadcasting House from its previous home at Television Centre on 14 January 2013. This was part of the move of BBC News and other audio and vision departments of the BBC into one building in Central London. Broadcasting House was refurbished for £1 billion. A new newsroom and several state-of-the-art studios were built.[4]
Consolidation with the domestic BBC News channel
[edit]On 26 May 2022, as part of planned cuts and streamlining across the broadcaster, the BBC announced plans for consolidation of the domestic BBC News channel in the UK with BBC World News. The domestic and international versions would share a larger amount of content while maintaining the ability for opt-outs when necessary.[5][6][7] The BBC promoted the service as offering "new flagship programmes built around high-profile journalists, and programmes commissioned for multiple platforms".[8] In preparation for the expansion, the BBC began to add additional staff to its Washington, D.C. bureau.[8]
The first stage of these changes took effect on 3 April 2023, when the BBC World News channel changed its name to BBC News, and began to consolidate its on-air lineups and programming with the UK BBC News channel. This resulted in layoffs of about 50 employees, including presenters David Eades, Joanna Gosling, and Tim Willcox.[9][10][11] Despite the changes, the international feed of BBC News – which continues to be distributed by BBC Studios[8] – still opts out of programmes that are specific to UK audiences, such as simulcasts of BBC One news bulletins and Newsnight. Deadline Hollywood has reported that in response to concerns over the arrangement by the telecom and broadcasting regulator Ofcom, BBC News was considering allowing for more UK-specific opt-outs.[9]
Broadcasting
[edit]Live news output originates from studios B, C and E in Broadcasting House with some recorded programming from Broadcasting House studios A and D and the BBC Millbank studio, as well as Manchester, Singapore and Washington, D.C. The BBC News newsroom is now part of the new consolidated BBC Newsroom in Broadcasting House along with BBC World Service and UK domestic news services.
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Previously, the channel was broadcast in 4:3, with the news output fitted into a 14:9 frame for both digital and analogue broadcasting, resulting in black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. On 13 January 2009 at 09:57 GMT, the then-named BBC World News switched its broadcast to 16:9 format, initially in Europe on the Astra 1L satellite,[12] and then, from 20 January 2009, on the Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 satellite which fed other broadcast feeds in the Asian region. The channel ceased broadcasting on analogue satellite on 18 April 2006.[13]
High-definition
[edit]As a result of the move to Broadcasting House, BBC News gained new studios and equipment to be able to broadcast in high-definition. On 5 August 2013, the international feed of BBC News was offered as a High Definition (HD) feed across the Middle East when it launched its international HD channel on the Arab Satellite Communications Organization. Arabsat was the BBC's first distribution partner in the Middle East to offer the channel in HD. On 1 April 2015, the then-named BBC World News Channel started broadcasting in high definition on the 11.229 GHz/V transponder on Astra 1KR at the 19.2°E orbital position, available free-to-air to viewers with 60 cm dishes across Europe and coastal North Africa.[14]
Worldwide
[edit]BBC News claims to be watched by a weekly audience of 74 million in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.[15] BBC News is most commonly watched as a free-to-air (FTA) channel. The channel is available in Europe and many parts of the world via subscription television providers in cable, satellite, IPTV and streaming platforms.
In the United States, the channel is available through providers[16] such as Cablevision, Comcast, Spectrum, Verizon Fios, and U-verse TV.[17] As of 2023, the American distribution and advertising sales for the channel are handled by AMC Networks, who own and operate BBC America under license from the BBC.[18][19][20]
In addition, BBC News syndicates its daytime and evening news programmes to public television stations throughout the US, originally maintaining a distribution partnership with Garden City, New York-based WLIW that lasted from 1998 until October 2008, when the BBC and WLIW mutually decided not to renew the contract.[21][22][23] BBC News subsequently entered into an agreement with Community Television of Southern California, Inc., in which Los Angeles PBS member station KCET (which was a public independent station from 2011 to 2018) would take over distribution rights to BBC World News America (the KCET agreement has since been extended to encompass a half-hour simulcast of the 90-minute-long midday news bulletin GMT, which airs in the US as a morning show, and a weekly edition of the BBC news-magazine Newsnight).[24][25][26]
Since June 2019, the distribution of the programme has been handled by Washington, D.C. PBS member WETA, which also produces other networked news and public affairs programmes such as the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week.[27] PBS separately began distributing another programme aired by the channel, Beyond 100 Days, as a tape-delayed late night broadcast on 2 January 2018, as an interim replacement for Charlie Rose. Unlike GMT and BBC World News America, Beyond 100 Days is distributed exclusively to PBS member stations as part of the service's base schedule.[28][29]
China banned BBC News in 2021, although access had already been heavily restricted before then and what was carried was censored, with parts of the show being blacked out by censors operating live. It was banned because of its coverage of the persecution of Uyghur people in China and in retaliation for CGTN being banned from the British market for violating national broadcast regulations.[30]
Online
[edit]The channel is available in the US as part of Sling's World News add-on package.[31]
The international feed of BBC News was available on LiveStation from 2012 until the platform closed in 2016, along with the UK simulcast.
The channel was added to various free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platforms in the United States, including Pluto TV, Xumo Play, Samsung TV Plus, and Sling Freestream, in March 2024. Apart from advertising, the FAST version of the channel is identical to the version already available through traditional U.S. cable and satellite providers.[32]
United Kingdom
[edit]The TV platforms in the UK (i.e. Freeview, Sky, BT TV, Freesat, Virgin) do not officially offer the international feed of BBC News as a standalone full-time channel because it carries, and is funded by, advertising. (The BBC's domestic channels are funded by a television licence fee which households and establishments that want to watch television programmes as they are being broadcast must pay). However, it can be easily received due to its free-to-air status on many European satellite systems, including Astra and Hot Bird, and is available in selected London hotels. The UK's TV platforms, however, do provide the UK feed of BBC News channel, which carries much of the same programming. The international feed of BBC News can also be viewed in the public areas of Broadcasting House (in the lobby and café).
However, some programmes are officially available to UK audiences through the channel's UK feed. Such programmes air on the BBC's domestic channels, and some are available on demand on the BBC's iPlayer. From 00:00 to 05:00 UK time, the top-of-the-hour news bulletins are broadcast on both the UK and international feeds of the channel. At 01:30 on weekdays, Asia Business Report and Sport Today also air on both channels. There is a simulcast of the 05:00 UK edition of The Briefing and Business Briefing on BBC One and the BBC News channel. This programme was previously branded as The World Today (later a generic BBC World News bulletin) and World Business Report respectively. At 08:30 UK time, Worklife airs on the BBC News Channel. BBC News also produces a version of Outside Source at 21:00 UK time Monday–Thursday (shown on the BBC News Channel), World News Today at 19:00 Monday–Friday (shown on BBC Four), and 21:00 Friday–Sunday (shown on the BBC News Channel). World News Today replaced The World, which had been broadcast as a simulcast on BBC Four between 2002 and 2007.
The COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase of simulcasts between BBC News and BBC World News with simulcasting running through the morning (10:00 to 11:00) that was also shared with BBC Two, and the evening (19:00 to 20:00 & 12:00 to 22:00). The additional simulcasting was made permanent in August 2020. Consequently, the two channels now simulcast every day from 10:00 to 11:00; on weekdays from 19:00 to 06:00, apart from the BBC News at Ten and for an hour at 20:00; and between 21:00 to 06:00, apart from the evening BBC One bulletin, over the weekend.[33]
The BBC implemented a wider consolidation of the networks' lineups in April 2023.[9]
Programming
[edit]Live news programmes:[34]
- BBC News – International news.
- BBC World News America – News from the United States and around the world, live from the BBC's Washington DC bureau.
- The Context with Christian Fraser in London reports on international news, with a focus on the UK, Europe and the US (previously called 100 Days, 100 Days +, Beyond 100 Days and BBC News with Katy and Christian).
- Focus on Africa – BBC News's flagship African news programme, with news, business and sport from the continent.
- Newsday – Live from Singapore, news and analysis from both an Asian and global perspective.
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg – Interviews and analysis of the week's big news from the UK and around the world, including interviews with key politicians and personalities from all walks of life.
- Verified Live – Analysing and fact-checking the truth behind the news based on available data and facts.
- BBC News Now – fast-moving breaking news with live interviews and reactions.
- The World Today – The best of the BBC's global journalism.[35] As well as interviews with leading figures from the arts, culture and entertainment.
Live business and sports programmes:
- BBC Sportsday – International sports news and results.
- BBC Business Today – The latest business news.
Pre-recorded programmes:
- Click – Technology programme aimed at non-technical audiences.
- HARDtalk – In-depth interviews with personalities from all walks of life.
- Newsnight – Weekly highlights from the daily domestic news programme.
- Our World – Documentaries.
- Panorama – Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
- Reporters – Weekly reports from the BBC's correspondents.
- Talking Movies
- The Travel Show
Former programmes:
- The Briefing – Sally Bundock with news, business, and sport.[36]
- Dateline London – Foreign correspondents based in London discussing the week's international news.
- Global – International news and analysis.
- Live – International news, including business and sport.
- Impact – Global news as it affected audiences in Asia.
- Outside Source – Discussion and analysis of news topics.
- Worklife
- World News Today – A daily news programme with in-depth analysis. Focus on the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Presenters included Nancy Kacungira, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera, Alpa Patel and Philippa Thomas.
- Asia Business Report – Live from Singapore.
- World Business Report
BBC News bulletins
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Half-hour BBC News bulletins are made available to PBS stations in the US through Los Angeles's KCET, a non-commercial independent public television station which has been separate from PBS since the beginning of 2011 due to a rights-fee dispute (it returned to being a minor PBS member station in 2019 after a merger with the major PBS member-station in the market). 80 to 90% of Americans can receive the bulletins, with PBS member stations having scheduling discretion. The programme is broadcast on several PBS stations in markets such as New York City and Washington DC.
On PBS stations, BBC News is not broadcast with traditional commercials (the breaks are filled with news stories) but omits the Met Office international weather forecast at the end of the programme, replacing it with underwriting announcements. The PBS broadcasts are tape-delayed on some stations.
BBC America formerly aired a three-hour block of BBC News programmes from 05:00 to 08:00 on weekdays, until the stabilisation of the network's carriage in the United States. Met Office forecasts were removed, and it was broadcast with advertisements.
Many airlines around the world also play pre-recorded extracts of BBC News, have text headlines from it, or have a full bulletin available on the in-flight entertainment systems.
Previous bulletins
[edit]Another BBC World News programme, the hour-long BBC World News America, aired on BBC America at 19:00 ET. A second broadcast at 22:00 ET ended in 2010 when BBC America introduced a second feed for the western time zones of the US. On 18 February 2011, it was announced that BBC World News America would no longer be broadcast on BBC America and would instead be broadcast only on BBC World and local PBS stations in the US as a 30-minute programme.[37]
The channel also produced short bulletins for public transport services in Singapore and Hong Kong:
- Singapore Mass Rapid Transit service from Marina Bay to Changi International Airport
- Hong Kong MTR service from Chek Lap Kok International Airport-Disneyland Resort station to Disneyland Resort line
These broadcasts began with the statement: "Welcome to BBC World News on board the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit and Hong Kong MTR". The short bulletin was updated twice a day and has since been replaced by a similar programme from Mediacorp's CNA.
Travellers on the Heathrow Express rail service between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport could watch a summary of the headlines from BBC World News on the LCD screens provided.
News presenters
[edit]Former presenters
[edit]Presentation
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BBC News is, for the most part, the same channel around the world; the commercials are intended to be the only differences. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, several programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as the Indian feeds, and The Record Europe, which is only broadcast in Europe. Also, the weather forecasts focus more on the area the viewer is watching from.
On most feeds of BBC News, when no commercials are being inserted by the cable or satellite provider similar to other channels, the break filler shows promotions for upcoming programmes on the channel. During BBC News, a news story that has not been promoted airs during what would be the television advertisement. This is the case on the broadband versions of BBC News, and on versions of BBC News aired in the US on PBS stations. However, there are some global commercials and sponsorships which air throughout the network.
On 11 September 2007, the break filler was redesigned and now more closely resembles previous versions.[clarification needed] The promotional videos now fill the entire screen and are interspersed with news and market updates, schedules, and other information. There is also no longer a unifying music composition. Instead, each 20-second promotional video uses music selected from a handful of themes, which have some unifying musical characteristics. The information screens, such as the 10-second plug for the website or the YouTube channel, and the 15-second weather/time/coming-up screens each feature their theme. The colour theme was updated following the relaunch of the channel in April 2008.
Since its inception, and more so since its extensive association with the BBC News channel, the countdown to the hourly news bulletin has been a feature of the channel's presentation, accompanied by music composed by David Lowe. The current style of countdown features reporters and technical staff in many different locations working to bring news stories to air. The new countdown keeps the same music, but with Chameleon-style branding and a clock relocated to the middle from the bottom right corner,[38] similar in style to that of BBC Alba. The countdown can range from 45 seconds to as little as 3 seconds.
Awards
[edit]The then-called BBC World News was named Best International News Channel at the Association for International Broadcasting Awards in November 2006.[39] It won a Peabody Award in 2007 for White Horse Village[40] and another in 2009 for Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence.[41]
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- ^ "New-Look 'BBC World News' Uses Unrivaled News-gathering Resources to Bring PBS Audiences News from around the World" (Press release). BBC. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2017 – via BusinessWire.
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- ^ Tiezzi, Shannon (13 February 2021). "China Bans BBC World News Over Xinjiang Reporting". The Diplomat. Washington DC. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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- ^ BBC. "Programmes – BBC World News". BBC.
- ^ "The World Today with Maryam Moshiri launches on the BBC News Channel". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "The Briefing – BBC News". BBC.
- ^ Gibbons, Kent (18 February 2011). "' BBC World News America' Shifts To BBC World News". Multichannel News. Washington DC. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012.
- ^ Newscast Studio. 2023. "BBC News streamlines output with the merger of news channels". Accessed April 18, 2023. https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/04/06/bbc-news-streamlines-output-with-merger-of-news-channels/
- ^ "Key Dates". BBC World News. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ "2007 Peabody Awards: White Horse Village (BBC America)". University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015.
- ^ "2009 Peabody Awards: Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence (BBC America)". University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014.
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